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Wendy Hall, an Elder of Groby 探花社区 in Leicestershire, is set to become the Newbigin Pionneering Hub鈥檚 first 探花社区 Assembly Accredited Lay Pioneer. In this reflection, Wendy shares her story about how she went from the margins of church to being at its centre: 鈥滻 feel as if I have always sat on […]

Everything at Transforming Lives for Good (TGL) begins with the local church. When TLG first began in 1999, it worked with one church responding to the needs of struggling children in their local community 鈥� now it equips more than 200 churches of all shapes and sizes across the UK. TLG equips churches, like Bere […]

In a letter published by The Guardian on 12 June, the Revd Dr Tessa Henry-Robinson, Moderator of the 探花社区 General Assembly, responds to a suggestion that it was absurd for her as a Black British woman to deliver the 探花社区鈥檚 apology to Black Jamaicans. Tessa鈥檚 letter comes after Dr Robert Beckford, a theologian and broadcaster, […]

For Carers Week 2024, presenter Revd Kate Bottley and the Songs of Praise team visited Elizabeth Grint, a member of Wroxham & Hoveton 探花社区 in Norfolk to explore the important role that faith plays for those caring for loved ones.听 In the episode, broadcast on 9 June, Liz, who cares for her husband […]

A round up of news from around the 探花社区 over the past seven days, 10-16 June 2024. Southern Synod Ministers, CRCWs and local church leaders from around Southern Synod recently enjoyed four days of inspirational training at High Leigh Conference Centre. Revd Memona Shabaz, called it a “great opportunity to praise, worship, and […]

Rafael (Raff) Chaves has lived with violence, drug addiction, gang culture and complete brokenness. Then, someone asked him a question that changed everything. Ordained a priest in 2022 to the Stepney area of Hackney, Islington and Tower Hamlets, Raff, from Rio De Janerio in Brazil, speaks to Ann-Marie Nye and Stephen Tomkins in the latest […]